Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-10
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[s,,vclal Correspondents OF tho AIe1a. dAzEITE
WaaHIHsToN. D. O.. Dec. 10. 1857.

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The coiorsd souatters at Arlington will
not he REQUIRED to vncate their holdings un'
Ri ninety dsys from the 10Th inst. An effort
will be made to induce Congress topay them
damages.
Attorney General Garland says that un
less Congress shall in the meantime make
the necessary appropriation, the federal
oourts will be compelled TO close about the
Ist of February.
Representative O'Ferrell told the GA
zETTB's correspondent this morning that ne
was certain that any revenue bill that might
be passed would provide for the abolition OF
the tax on tobacco growers.
According to the December report OF the
Department of Agricultural the average
value of corn is 43 s cents per bushel, against
Sc 6 last year. The average value OF "heat
ia GO cents. only three mills higher than the
average last year. The average for oats Ia
90 cents, against 29S last year. Barley
averages 50 9, instead of So last year. Buck
wheat Sc l or IL cents higher than last year.
The value of potatoes is greatly enhanced,
being 6S.5 cents against 45 last year. IL ls
higher than for seven years, except in 1851.
The value of hay is much increased. 1t
averages 1874 per ton. against 81 80 last
higher than in December last.
Representative Reed of Maine, the repub
Iican leader of the House, when asked this
morning. what he thought of the Blair bill
now, said he had voted for IFS consideration,
but that he had not considered it, and that
as it was on important question he did nol
see the necessity of doing 80 until there Waa
at least a probability of some action.
A delegation of The students of the Uni.
versity of Virginia, accompanied by Senat or
Daniel, Senator-elect Barbour. and repre-
sentatiyes Lee, O'Ferrall and Wise, called
at the White House to-day to invite the
President to attend the next commencement
of the University. Gov. Lee was expected
to accompany them also, but he lelegrapbed
this morning that he would be unable to
do so.
A holder of w. & o. R. R. bonds here to
day saws the report of the commissioners in
the case of that road is now ready and will
be confirmed. OF the 81 900 awarded yes
terday in Richmond as counsel fees in that
case, Judge Stuart, OF Alexandria, will re-
ceive $4,000. H. o. Claughlon, of this city,
g, 600, r. t. Barton, of Winchester. g 600,
and ]. NJ Johnson, oil Alexandria, 81 600.
A member OF the commission appointed
BY Virginia to treat with the foreign holders
of Virginia bonds last summer, who is in the
city to-day, says he 10 confident the Virginia
State debt will be settled at an carly date.
He SAWS the terms Of settlement: will proba-
bly, be the Riddleberger bill, with the Wick
ham amendment, regulating all coupons
not funded up TO 1886 stricken out
terms q little less favorable to the
bonholders than those offered by the
commission last summer. He say 8 the bond
holders will accept these terms because they
can get no better Col. Ruffn, second audi
tor of the State, who IL here to-day, says
$3.50, 900 of old bonds have been funded In
Rddeberger bonds since the recent decis.
ion of the L. S. Supreme Court, and that
he knows Of more now on their way from
England.
A conference CT republican Senators was
hsld here last night, and was quite numer
ously attended, at which the prevailing
opinion was that the republican party
should take moro advanced ground in favor
of temperance than it has heretofore done.
Senator Riddleberger when asked this
morning about the report from Richmond
that General Malone would receive the
solid republican vote in the Virginia legis
lature, said he had understood since yester
day that paper had been presented to all
of them asking them to do 80, and that as
people would sign almost any sort of paper
presented to them that did not involve
money he would not be surprised if it we're
true. When he got people to ask others to
sign euch paper for himself, he said, it
would be time for somebody to shoot him.
It was practically determined at the late
meeting Of the national republican commit
tee here, that Virginia should be one of the
Southern States the republicans will at
tempt to carry next November. and that as
a means to that end, prominent Northern
republicans, among them Senator Sherman,
and Representative Reed, shall stump that
State.
An Alexaudrian Just from Richmond here TO-
day, says he understood when there, that an eff
fort would be made at the present session OF the
legislature to amend the charter of the Alexan.
dria Water Company, so rs to compel that COM
pany to extend and enlarge their mains.
Among the strangers at the Capitol to. day were
Ex-Governor Cameron, of Virginia, OK Congress
man Brady of Virginia, and several other anti
Malone republicans, but, so far as understood,
with no prearranged purpose.
The republican Senatorial caucus met this
morning aud adopted the report of its committee
on organization. Senator Riddleberger is chair
man of the Committee Manufactures, and is
q member of the Committees Naval Affairs
District of Columbia and Potomac Flats. The
democrats receive eight minor chairmsnships,
being an increase of one over the last Congro's
Senator Faulkner, of West Virginia, says he has
not yet heard of a single Senator, republican or
democrat, who will oppose his admission after
the consideration OF his case by the elections COM
mittee.
Those who witnessed the interview at the pub
lie reception at the White House yesterday be-
tween the President and the man who elected
him, Rev. DR.. Burchard, of three Rs fame, the
first since the ele;iion say the good-natured en-
hsrrassment was very amusing.
SULLIVAN AND TIE PRINCE.-John L.
Sullivan met the Prince of Wales in London
The occasion was gathering
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